Social Bookmarks allow you to keep all your bookmarks in one place, tag them with appropriate identifiers and share them with others who might be engaging in similar research or have similar interests. You can use social bookmarks to organize your life (keeping web-based emails, banking, facebook and other frequently used sites in one handy locations), gather research or share favourite video clips, among other uses.
del.icio.us (del.icio.us) This site allows you to save and organize your bookmarks in an on-line program and then access them from any computer. You can also make your bookmarks public and share them with friends and family. There is also an option to add keywords or tags to help people find your list. Classroom application: Students can prepare annotated bibliographies using this site and send you a link.
digg (www.digg.com) If you really "dig" (love!) a site, you post it on Digg.com. Other members of the Digg community will rate your link by either "digging" it or "burying" it. They can also leave comments which may include similar sites or problems with a site. The most popular entries are posted on the Digg.com front page! Classroom application: If you've ever assigned homework that involves asking students to find newspaper articles about a topic, this might be an alternative approach - students can even rate the article.
Shayne Train, Education, Educational Technology, Computer Literacy, Web Tools